Kid Ory

Kid Ory
Ory in 1944 with the All Star Jazz Group assembled for the CBS show The Orson Welles Almanac
Ory in 1944 with the All Star Jazz Group assembled for the CBS show The Orson Welles Almanac
Background information
Birth nameEdouard Ory
Born(1886-12-25)December 25, 1886
LaPlace, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1973(1973-01-23) (aged 86)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
GenresJazz, traditional Creole
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, promoter
InstrumentTrombone
Years active1910–1966
LabelsColumbia, Okeh Records, Exner, Crescent, Good Time Jazz, Verve
SpouseElizabeth[1]
House on Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, Ory's residence in the 1910s
Nesuhi Ertegun founded his first label, Crescent Records, to record Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band. (Crescent Number 1, August 1944)

Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973)[2] was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz.

He was born near LaPlace, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans on his 21st birthday, to Los Angeles in 1910 and to Chicago in 1925. The Ory band later was an important force in reviving interest in New Orleans jazz, making radio broadcasts on The Orson Welles Almanac program in 1944, among other shows. In 1944–45, the group made a series of recordings for the Crescent label, which was founded by Nesuhi Ertegun for the express purpose of recording Ory's band.

Ory retired from music in 1966 and spent his last years in Hawaii where he died from a heart attack.

  1. ^ Edward "Kid" Ory with his wife
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 309/310. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.